Big Fish

There are many differences between the big fish story in the movie and Big fish story in the book. I watched the movie and I read the book, there are many differences between them. On of the many differences is when the Edward went to the city with Karl. In the book there was one way to arrive in the city, but in the movie there are two ways to arrive in the city. I think the change does not make the movie lighter or heavier but I think it will it less realistic, but this is good for the movie, I think the movie maker did that because he want the movie to be more active. I prefer that because when the Edward got the short dangerous way it was more exciting. Another difference in the movie they call the city Ashton, but in the book they call it Ashland.
By:Ahmed Ali

BIG FISH

Homer Yen says " At it's heart [ Big Fish] is a story about a son" I think that the story of big fish is more of a focus on the father than the son. from the beginning t the end. we can follow the the story about the father's lif e. it is so unique, not ordinary. people can't believe the father's life, but because of that, the movie seems more fantastic, and the audience can come to a fantasy world easily. Durng the movie, we can see unbelievable and interesting things. The father experienced many things. from the movie, we also exerience them indirectly. it is so interesting for me to experience many things from the movie.

Yi mi-rae

Big Fish

This is a very funny and overstated movie. Some parts in the movie are funny and interesting; for instance, Edward in the circus, in the small town where he lost his shoes, when he pursues his love, and so on. The director use flashback style sequence. Sometimes I am confused about what’s going on.
According to Joe Lopez, “while the fantasy sequences are great, the moments we spend in the reality of the situation really hurt the film.” I agree with this article. In this movie, the father always tells the son his story about his life. However, he never tells the truth. The father’s story is like a fairy tale. In my opinion, the son becomes strongly interested in the truth, and so he opposes his father’s stories. Everybody listened to many fairy tales or folk tales when they were a child. No story is true, but we enjoy them a lot. “just remember anything can be real.” And then you can enjoy your life.

Mandy

Infernal Affairs

I want to introduce a movie, the name is Infernal Affairs . This is a very famous and popular movie in Asia. It has famous actors and actresses and two good directors. This is a good story between chastity and villain, good and evil. Two main actors are very good to play the mental aspects of the role. Both of them won the best award for a chief actor at the Golden Horse Awards in 2003 and 2004. Moreover, this drama will played by Hollywood. It is s same story, but different players.

Plot: The police want to pursue a very big and powerful criminal gang. Therefore, they have a big plan to catch the leader of the sinister gang. They dispatch a very intelligent policeman to be a stool. It’s to get closer intelligence about the gang. However, the sinister also use the same way. They want to evade the police’s pursuit. They want to be successful in every crime. They also dispatch a faithful stool to be a policeman. Then, the fire is starting.

Setting: Hong Kong

Character: A sergeant, a leader of sinister gang, a secret policeman, a stool from sinister gang, the tool’s fiancée, a psychology physician.

Actors/actresses: Andy Lau- the stool from the sinister gang
Edison Chen- the young stool
Leung, Chiu Wai- the secret policeman
Yue, Shawn- young policeman
Sammi Cheng- the tool’s fiancée
Kelly Chen- the psychology physician
Eric Tsang- a leader of sinister gang
Anthony Wong- Wong Sir

Time Sequence: Flashback style

Mandy

BIG FISH REVIEWS

According to David Butterworth , Burton had a "dull and boring" movie. I think "BIG FISH" is not dull and boring. I don`t agree with David Butterworth. The movie has an interesting main idea, so this makes the movie enjoyable. Also one thing that gets my attention in the movie is imaginary characters(The giant, Edward Bloom...). I`m watching this movie with a big interest. Even if the movie`s vocabulary is a little bit hard, but I`ve learned new words which I can use in my daily life. According to me "BIG FISH" is very good and interesting, so I like this movie.
Alp Caneri

Big Fish

According to Jerry Saravia, " The flashback is where Burton is engaged and coiled."
The flasback should be paid attention to in screenwiting because it is most likely to bring about audience's misunderstanding. In fact the audience might confuse whether the scene is the main story or tales. I think they succeeded in changing these scenes smoothly, especially at the beginning of movie. Although there was the main story and the tales, I was not confused. It was distingished by puttin in the narration of Edward. It is proper for not only distingishing scenes, but also explaining about how Edward always tells people tales. and it is impressive enough.

Eriko

BIG FISH

Karina Montgomery said "We're all accustomed toTim Burton making quirky, interesting movies. Well, this movie is quirky and interesting, but yet, if you didn't know it was Tim Burton, you never would guess it, besides the meticulous construction of the fictional world inside the head of hero Ed Bloom. But Burton's usual skill with whimsy and spirit is dampened in this film; the surreality has no heart, no aim. The unfocused quality of the story gives me pause. I tried to find meaning within the methods of the intricate web of back stories and meandering tall tales and apply them to the present-day plot line involving Bill Crudup. Perhaps we are supposed to follow Crudup's character's growth and discovery ourselves, but much of the time I felt locked out. It's a romantic fiction, an adventure, and a quirky character comedy, with a warm, glowing center, but it takes far more than three licks to get to the center of this treat.yes I'm agree with author but I like comedy part and also I confused because many parts in different places but almost in the same time.

By: Ahmed Ali

you've got mail..

i really like the movie, you've got mail. i love the scenes of this movie, new york city, and also i like the characters, actors and actresses of the movie . the story is about a love which is connected with e-mail; a man and a woman exchange their thinking through e-mail. they talk about many things of life. it was impressive for me to talk about life. i hope this kind of love will happen to me. a woman whose name is catherine really likes the book named 'pride and prejudice' . i like this book very much. at first, they don't know each other, but later, they came to know their e-mail partner, and fell in love. i was satiesfied with this movie a lot . scene, charactors, actors/actresses , story, these elements were all great to me.

Mi Rae

Welcome Back, MR. McDONALD

I like to watch fantasy movie such as “Harry Potter” and the movies produced by studio Ghibli, basically because I feel refreshed by them. However, I would like to introduce a different kind of movie, “Welcome Back, MR. McDONALD,” which is a Japanese movie directed by Koki Mitani. The story is a comedy in which the performers bring up the selfish problems while acting on a live broadcast in a radio station and the studio drop into panic, then the script, which was a melodrama is changed to the action thing which is no expected. However, it suggests the responsibility for things you made, and the importance of making things by your hands behind the funny story. The one character, who is the producer, says, “If it is a terrible creation, I can not escape that.” Another character who was a sound director says, “ The ready-made sounds have no distinction. Sounds are things you made.” Also, we can enjoy how to make radio drama, especially the way to make sounds are portrayed quite closely. For example, the sound of the washout of a dam can be made from the sound of a flushing toilet. Did you know that? Like this, there are many surprising things in the movie. As a result, I am entertained no matter how many times I watch it.

Eriko

Cellular

Ahmed Ali
AP1

Cellular, Cellular is an action movie. The movie is about a family that is kidnapped by the people who work with police. The mother of the family tried to fix the telephone that the kidnapper broke, until she called someone without knowing the number, then the guy who she called was trying to help them by calling the police and keeping the call working even with problems in the signatures of the call phone. Then the cops came and caught the kidnapper and helped the family. What I like in this movie is the action and the story, it is special story; you could not find this kind of story a lot.

The Score

I want to talk about the movie, which is "The Score".
In the movie;there are two main characters, who are played by Robert de Niro and Edward Norton. This movie is an action movie. The movie`s topic is a big robbery. There are many action scenes during the movie. I like the sound and picture effects. I can watch this movie over and over again. The language is sometimes difficult to understand because there is a lot of slang. It is good for studying language.I can learn many new words with this movie.
Alp Caneri
EAP-1